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Our North Wales breaking news live blog begins at 06:30am every weekday and 10am at the weekend and is updated throughout the day and into the evening.

9pm

Steve Bagnall

SIGNING OUT: That's me finished for the night. Updates continue at 6.30am with Gary Porter. Have a good evening. Steve Bagnall.

8.53pm

Steve Bagnall

HILLSBOROUGH: Thousands of people have attended a memorial service to mark 25 years since the Hillsborough disaster claimed the lives of 96 Liverpool football fans. Loved ones of those who died were joined at Liverpool FC’s Anfield home by players, club officials and ordinary fans to mark today’s emotional anniversary.

8.36pm

Steve Bagnall

CRASH: A 29-year-old man was taken to the Countess of Chester Hospital, after a two vehicle crash on Sealand Road, Sealand, earlier today. The Welsh Ambulance Service was called at 4.54pm.

8.28pm

Steve Bagnall

FIRE UPATE: The fire at an old school building on Middle Lane, Denbigh, was caused by rubbish, whihc had fire extinguishers in, deliberately set alight on an adjacent flat concrete roof. It spread and caused 15 meters of damage to the roof.

7.45pm

Steve Bagnall

WINE FESTIVAL: A NEW three day festival of wine and music will be staged on Conwy’s World Heritage waterfront this June. Gwin Conwy is the brainchild of Conwy’s independent wine merchant Vinomondo, and Cheshire based New Zealand wine importer Black Dog wine agency. It will run on Conwy quayside on June 6, 7 and 8.

7.40pm

Steve Bagnall

BURGLARY: Police have issued an E-Fit of a man they wish to question in onnection with a burglary in Bangor. It happened at 2.30pm on Ffordd Tegai, last Thursday where a woman was confronted in her home. Anyone with information, call police on 101 or Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 quoting reference RC4052540.

7.14pm

Steve Bagnall

FIRE: Three fire engines have been called to fight a blaze on Middle Road, Rhyl. Residents have reported hearing explosions.

7.13pm

Steve Bagnall

TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES: Had some technical difficulties with the live blog - but we appear to be back up and running now.

8.59pm

Steve Bagnall

SIGNING OUT: That's me finished for the evening. Updates start at 6.30am tomorrow. Have a good night. Steve Bagnall.

8.50pm

Steve Bagnall

RAF VALLEY: Raf Valley are currently transporting a man with serious head injuries from Ysbty Gwynedd, Bangor, to Stoke Hospital, via helicopter, following a crash earlier today.

8.45pm

Steve Bagnall

COASTGUARD: Criccieth Coastguard and RNLI crew were called to investigate a jet ski with nobody on-board off the coast earlier this evening. It turned out to the jet-ski had drifted off by itself.

8.41pm

Steve Bagnall

CRASH: The Welsh Ambulance Service have confirmed a man was airlifted to hospital by the helimed with life threatening injuries earlier today. It followed a crash involving a van on a back road between Llanfaelog and Bryn Twrog, near Ty Croes on Anglesey, shortly before 5pm. More details tomorrow.

8.32pm

Steve Bagnall

FIRE: North Wales Fire and Rescue Service are just on their way to a fire in the open near Blaenau Ffestiniog. No details at the moment.

8.20pm

Steve Bagnall

TRAFFIC: Al quiet on North wales roads at the moment.

8.16pm

Steve Bagnall

UKRAINE: Sanctions against Russia are to be expanded with more people added to the list subject to asset freezes and visa bans, Baroness Catherine Ashton said. The European Union’s foreign affairs chief said the action had been agreed in light of the latest events, as she also urged Russia to pull back its troops from the Ukrainian border.

7.38pm

Steve Bagnall

HOUSING DEVELOPMENT: Plans for 15 new house are set for the go-ahead despite objections. Denbighshire council has received an application for a residential development on land near Fron Deg, Ruthin Road, Denbigh. It will be discussed by councillors on Wednesday.

7.05pm

Steve Bagnall

FIRE: Fire crews extinguished a grass fire which was started by arsonsists at about 6pm on marshland near Porthmadog. It was about 20sq meters.

6.57pm

Steve Bagnall

FIRE: Fire crews have extinguished a gorse blaze near Cefn Mawr. About 400 sq meters of bracken were alight and the fire service were called at 5.22pm. An investigation was underway to find the cause, but it did not look like deliberate ignition.

6.43pm

Steve Bagnall

EISTEDDFOD: The National Eisteddfod has been given extra cash for projects.

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Liverpool-born Mark joined the Daily Post in January 2014 after seven years as editor of its Merseyside sister title the Liverpool Post. He started out as a weekly news reporter on Wirral Newspapers, and spent seven years at the Daily Post and Liverpool Echo. He was The Press Association's regional correspondent for North Wales, Merseyside and Cheshire from 1983 to 1997, before returning to the ECHO as deputy news editor. He has won a number of journalism awards, including the UK Press Gazzette Regional Reporter of the Year award, and in 1993 wrote a book on the James Bulger murder.